This week in The Criterion
September 9, 2011 issue
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The contents of this newsletter are:
- A listing of the full contents of the print edition
- Items of Interest
- Web-only Features
- National and World News you may have missed
Full Contents
Local stories:
- Importance
of faith and
family continue
to rise from
tragedy of
Sept. 11, 2001
- Local firefighter leaned on his faith as rescue worker at ground zero
- Cathedral concert to feature musician who witnessed World Trade Center tragedy
- What was in the news on Sept. 8, 1961? A warning against both ultra-conservatives and an overemphasis on the number of children
Religious Education Supplement
- Column: New words
for the same
beautiful Mass
- A time to grow: Rural parishes face challenges and make connections to bring faith to life for youths
- Association supports catechetical leaders across archdiocese
- Six tasks of catechesis can guide adult faith formation programs
- Excerpts from the Vatican’s 1997 General Directory for Catechesis
- No lack of resources available to prepare Catholics for new missal (Catholic News Service)
- Faith formation committee brings creative ideas to religious education programs
Regular local features:
- Seeking the Face of the Lord: A personal reflection about the role of parents as first teachers
- Buscando la Cara del Señor: Reflexión personal sobre el papel de los padres como primeros maestros
- Editorial
- Becoming a people of faith—again
- Educating children in the faith
- From the Editor Emeritus: The wisdom of the saints - St. John Chrysostom
- Cornucopia: An expression of appreciation for political incorrectness
- It's All Good: Remember that with God, everything will be OK
- Twenty Something: Gold stars,
blue ribbons
and Facebook likes
- Letters to the Editor
- On the 10th anniversary
of 9/11: The things that
make for peace
- Events Calendar
- Operation Rescue president to speak at Celebrate Life dinner on Sept. 27
- Indiana Catholic Women’s Conference is Sept. 17 at Cathedral High School
- Obituaries
- My Journey to God: 9/11
Catholic News Service:
- The Vatican
and 9/11:
Commitment
to dialogue,
cooperation
set the tone
- Department of Health and Human Services mandate ‘unprecedented,’ must be rescinded, USCCB attorneys say
- Change in Church leadership can bring spiritual lift, fresh outlook
- Bishops urge ‘supercommittee’ to remember the poor in budget-cut talks
- Papal table features produce from pope’s farm at Castel Gandolfo
- Pentagon Memorial pays solemn tribute to victims of 9/11 attacks
- Vatican responds to Irish government report on clerical sexual abuse
- Column: Ten years after 9/11, why do so many things in our lives remain unchanged?
- Column: Interior focus is a winner for ensuring a happy retirement
- The Sunday Readings: Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Go Ask Your Father: Fasting is a preparation to receive Communion and to be united to Christ
FaithAlive!
- Vacations help us reconnect with God, family, friends
- Burnout is a ‘wakeup call’ to review priorities in life
Items of Interest
Here are a few items that may be of particular interest to you -- and you can get them online right now!
Importance of faith and family continue to rise from tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001
It was a time when the foundations of our lives were suddenly shaken to the core—a time when we also suddenly remembered what are the foundations of our lives. With the 10th anniversary of Sept 11, 2001, nearing, The Criterion invited readers to share their memories of that day, and how it affected their faith lives then and now. While we aren’t able to share the reflections of everyone who responded, here is a sampling that represents the thoughts of our readers. (Page 1)
Read our news story
Rural parishes face challenges and make connections to bring faith to life for youths
For 34 years, Marty Williams made his life and living as a farmer, helping seeds grow into crops that sustained and nourished people. Yet, even the satisfaction of watching his southern Indiana farmland come to life doesn’t compare to the joy he experiences when he leads youths in his rural parish to a deeper understanding of their faith and a closer relationship with God. “I just enjoy seeing the kids discover more about themselves and their faith,” says Williams, administrator of the religious education program at St. Augustine Parish in Leopold in the Tell City Deanery. (Page 12)
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Web-only features
Online archive of our most popular supplements
Each year, The Criterion produces about a dozen special supplements: addition sections of the newspaper filled with stories and graphics that center around a common theme. On our website, we are now offering an archive of some of our more popular supplements: Catholic Schools Week, Christmas, Marriage, Religious Vocations, Vacation/Travel, and Youth.
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National and world news you may have missed...
Here's a sampling of some news stories that ran on our website this past week or so that you may have missed. Click the headline to see the story:
